BREAKING NEWS: Lewandowski wins FIFA Best Award for second year running
Robert Lewandowski retained the
FIFA's Best men's player award, seeing off competition from fellow nominees
Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah.
The Bayern
Munich striker beat fellow nominees Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah to the
award, having also won it the last time it was up for grabs in December 2020.
Lewandowski
scored 58 goals in 47 games in all competitions in 2021, which included breaking
two long-standing records previously held by the legendary German striker Gerd
Muller. He bagged 41 goals in a single Bundesliga season for Bayern, and 43
Bundesliga goals in a calendar year.
The Pole has
scored 34 goals in 27 games so far this season, including nine in the Champions
League group stage.
The
33-year-old was presented the award in Munich surrounded by Bayern's chief
executive officer Oliver Kahn, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic and head
coach Julian Nagelsmann.
"Thank
you very much. I am very honoured to win this trophy," he said upon
receiving the award. "I feel very proud, very happy. This trophy also
belongs to my team-mates and my coaches."
Lewandowski
was also asked about breaking the records of Muller, who passed away in August
last year at the age of 75.
"I
never dreamed I could break [Muller's] records, to score 41 goals in 29 games,
if you asked me a few years ago if this was possible I would tell you 'no'.
"But
now he's not with us anymore, and these old records that I broke, I also say to
him 'thank you' because he had so many records and for us, the next generation
players, that was like the next step. To try to break these records and I did,
so I am very honoured and very proud of this as well."
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